Weyerhaeuser Co.

Challenged with shorter lead times, smaller order quantity, and tighter registration, forest products giant, Weyerhaeuser, increased prepress production by 100 percent, cut downtime between runs, reduced prepress waste, and improved safety with new digital Vision Plate Mounter/Proofer system from Leader Engineering by Jim McMahon Flexographic printing had long been considered a low-quality printing system, but a mainstay for the printing of packaging containers, such as corrugated boxes and flexible packaging like food bags, shopping bags, and self-adhesive labels. Technical developments over the past few decades in the flexo printing process have improved print quality, such as by enhancing the ability to reproduce highlight

BRUSSELS, Belgium—RISI announced that UPM President and Chief Executive Officer Jussi Pesonen has been selected as the first-ever European CEO of the Year for the forest products industry. Pesonen will be presented with the award at the 9th RISI European Pulp & Paper Outlook Conference in Barcelona, Spain to be held on March 25-27, 2007. Pesonen was nominated European CEO of the Year in a survey, conducted by RISI, of investment analysts and portfolio managers covering the forest products industry. The criteria for nomination include leadership, vision, and strategic accomplishment. UPM is one of the world’s leading forest products groups. The company had sales